If the recent international fashion weeks are to be trusted, Far Eastern influences are going to be everywhere during the Spring Summer season of 2013. We take the trend from the catwalks of Paris to the interior designers of London and ask what modern interiors owe to classical oriental designs.
When people talk about minimalism they often think of sparse, cold and often white spaces designed in Scandinavia during the mid twentieth century. And where the pine and open plan expanses of 1960s Stockholm were instrumental in the modernisation of the movement, they are far from being the origin.
Modern interior design can be traced back to the Zen philosophy of traditional Japanese culture. Their principle of Ma feeds into an aesthetic of empty or open spaces. This simplicity is said to transmit the ideas of freedom and essence of living. Frank Lloyd Wright was heavily influenced by Japanese sliding doors, allowing him to bring the exterior to the interior.
There are other ways of letting the outside in. Oriental designs rely heavily on indoor planting, particularly bamboos and grasses. Nothing exudes more the idea of nature and freedom than healthy greenery in an interior. It is critical to choose the right plants for not only the design scheme but for the conditions. There is no such thing as an indoor plant, but some do adapt better than others.
Another option is to accent you interior features with colourful external landscaping. These Japanese Acer Palmatums, experted nurtured by Paramount Plants, could be used to set off a deep crimson feature wall and add a real focal point to any formal or oriental garden.
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